From the height where we were it was possible to see a great distance; and far off, beyond the white waste of snow, I could see the river lying like a black ribbon in kinks and curls as it wound its way.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

Steady!' cried Eugene (he had recovered immediately on embarking), as they bumped heavily against a pile; and then in a lower voice reversed his late apostrophe by remarking ('I wish the boat of my honourable and gallant friend may be endowed with philanthropy enough not to turn bottom-upward and extinguish us!)
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

He did not want the warm clover and the play of seeding grasses; the screens of quickset, the billowy drapery of beech and elm seemed best away; and with great cheerfulness of spirit he pushed on towards the Wild Wood, which lay before him low and threatening, like a black reef in some still southern sea.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

He unfolded the letter and began reading it aloud.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

If thou canst not, waive that meditation to behold his happiness, when, clasping her in his arms, he found life and blood returning into her cheeks: when he saw her open her beloved eyes, and heard her with the softest accent whisper, "Are you Joseph Andrews?"—"Art thou my Fanny?"
— from Joseph Andrews, Vol. 1 by Henry Fielding

In this France of intellect, which is also a France of pessimism, Schopenhauer has perhaps become more at home, and more indigenous than he has ever been in Germany; not to speak of Heinrich Heine, who has long ago been re-incarnated in the more refined and fastidious lyrists of Paris; or of Hegel, who at present, in the form of Taine—the FIRST of living historians—exercises an almost tyrannical influence.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Great landed estates which have once been divided never come together again; for the small proprietor draws from his land a better revenue, in proportion, than the large owner does from his, and of course he sells it at a higher rate.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

The identity which is based on the general consideration that capital and labour are both required in the conduct of a given business, is no effective guarantee against a genuine clash of interests between the actual forms of capital and the labourers engaged at a given time in that particular business.
— from Problems of Poverty: An Inquiry into the Industrial Condition of the Poor by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson

The pitcher then hurled the ball to the home plate, in the hope of cutting off Bert from scoring, but was a fraction of a second too late, and Bert raced in with one more run.
— from Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by J. W. Duffield

His Roman friend carries the dead body to Compostella, where S. James restores it to life, and both return in safety to their homes.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 4 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 1 by John Addington Symonds

Proud and self-willed men will not get done the things they want to be done; while the meek, those page 147 p. 147 who are gentle, and tender, and try to draw men as God does with the cords of a man and the bands of love , will prosper in this world and in the next; they will see their heart’s desire; they will inherit the land, and be refreshed in the multitude of peace.
— from True Words for Brave Men: A Book for Soldiers' and Sailors' Libraries by Charles Kingsley

And I wrapped myself in grief and anger--I cast hope away from me like a bloody rag, I sprang into the breach with scornful laughter.
— from Morituri: Three One-Act Plays Teja—Fritzchen—The Eternal Masculine by Hermann Sudermann

A consultation between Colonels Logan and Boone, resulted in the decision to march forthwith to the battle-ground.
— from Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life by Emerson Bennett

London: and Birmingham railway, III, 63 ; New River to, III, 257 ; rep­re­sen­ta­tive government, III, 289 ; water supply, III, 429 .
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 3 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer